ABC announced the network would move forward with an unlikely spinoff, “The Conners,” after Barr’s namesake show was abruptly cancelled following her racist tweet to former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett in May.

ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey called the tweet “abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values.”

Sara Gilbert, left, and John Goodman, seen here in ‘Roseanne,’ will return in a spinoff, ‘The Conners,’ that won’t include the original’s central star, Roseanne Barr.(Photo: Adam Rose, ABC)

In order for “The Conners” to get the green light from ABC, Barr had to sign over all her rights to the show, effectively ending her prime-time career.

“I sent her an email and thanked her for that,” Goodman said. “I did not hear anything back, but she was going through hell at the time. And she’s still going through hell.”

Aside from the email exchange, Goodman said he hasn’t had further contact with Barr since “Roseanne” got the axe, referring to her only as a former “work friend.”

Roseanne Barr, left, and John Goodman in a scene from the “Roseanne.” (Photo: Adam Rose, ABC via AP)

The 10-episode spinoff will premiere this fall, in the same Tuesday at 8 EDT/PDT time slot that was the planned home for Season 2 of “Roseanne.”

Dungey told USA TODAY that “The Conners” spinoff came together smoothly: “The actors were excited to be back,” she said, adding that “Roseanne” writers and crew members remained largely intact.

On Roseanne Conner’s fate on the show, the ABC Entertainment President is pleading the fifth: “We’ve taken a little page out of the Shonda and Marvel universes and are not talking about it. You’ll just have to tune in on (Oct.) 16th.”